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Culture | Page 4 Dr. Hawkins: You leave Radford, but you remain a Highlander
Going out with By Jeremy Moser
jmoser9@radford.edu and sociology. The only way a society can

a BFA Studio exist is through forms of communication,

D
ean Hawkins was eager to be and the human psyche influences every

Show interviewed. Inside her large and

It is the end of the semester,
and that means senior
graduation is right around
the corner; however, this
does not say that these
graduating seniors are not
leaving one last thing to
have us remember them by.
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well-furnished office adorned with
her name, she quipped about how being
the dean of a college has its perks. After
she offered her guest something to drink,
she talked for nearly an hour.
The things she spoke about varied
wildly, but they all primarily circled the
kind of work she has done. She told some
stories and had a few laughs. She is a
delightful person with much history.
Dr. Katherine Hawkins has been the
dean of the College of Humanities and
Behavioral Sciences for nearly seven years
now. In that time, in addition to managing
bit of that communication. Her knowledge
of each of these fields allowed her to do
the kind of research and work that helps
young people get better starts at life.
While also working at Wichita State
University, she helped place millions of
dollars in the hands of less fortunate
students through the Kansas Health
Foundation. She also led a campaign to
help educate teenagers on how cigarettes
are subliminally advertised to them in
stealthy ways.
Here at Radford, she led a massive
move into the brand-new CHBS building.
She was intimately involved in every part

Radford
the entire college, she has continued of the planning and inhabiting the most
teaching communications. massive class building on campus just in

University Dr. Hawkins, as it seems, is very

passionate about her work and her college;
time for the 2016-2017 school year.
The move involved around 180 faculty
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and Salem her car even has a license plate with

“RUCHBS” printed on it. However, after
members and several graduate students,
and with the help of some volunteers
Dr. Hawkins’s tenure at Radford is
ending. She has found a position at Old

High School’s this semester she is moving to a bigger and

better job at Old Dominion University.
Symphonic She was born in Boston, but she
as well as some beautiful weather, the
transition went, as she put it, “as smoothly
as one could have hoped.”
Dominion University in Norfolk as vice
provost for faculty affairs and strategic
initiatives. She will continue to do the

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has lived and studied in several places
all over the country. After completing
her bachelors in both psychology and
sociology at the University of Virginia,
she decided to pursue a masters and Ph.D.
in communications at the University of
Texas.
She described communications as sort
of the next logical step after psychology
It took some severe collaboration from
everyone to pull it off. As Dr. Hawkins said
herself, “It was a daunting challenge, but
we did what we always do in CHBS. We
figured out a way to make it work!”
Her work is her priority, but she lives
an active lifestyle in her free time. She has
a pet dog she likes to go on hikes with, and
she loves to kayak in the New River.
same kind of work she is done here at
Radford, only now she will be working
with an entire university instead of just
one college.
Of course, Dr. Katherine Hawkins will
miss Radford quite a bit. She said, “You
leave Radford, but you take a piece of it
with you. You remain a Highlander.”

Kendrick How Online Shopping is Affecting Small Businesses

Lamar wins B y T r i s ta n B l a k e R i n e s
trines@radford.edu
estimates in their annual report that point Chris Isidore.

a Pulitzer for toward the trend of future online spending With Toys R Us closing some of its

W hen you take a trip down to Main by Millennials (aged 22-35). doors it shows that to stay afloat in

‘DAMN.’
On April 16, 30-year old
American rapper Kendrick
Lamar made history for
being the first rapper to ever
win a Pulitzer in ...
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Radford Holds
Street right off Radford’s campus,
you may walk by a significant number of
small businesses. These businesses are
competing for customers, not only with
one another but the internet as well.
With online shopping becoming more
frequent, even Radford is feeling the
effects. However, some businesses have
adapted by using online forums to reach
new customers. One of these businesses is
Riley’s Uniques.
John Ousley opened the business with
two other partners after being let go from
“We believe the annual U.S. market for
home goods is approximately $275 billion,
of which 10 percent is sold online.” The
report also added, “Moreover, we believe
there are approximately 70 million
millennials in the U.S., many of whom are
accustomed to purchasing goods online.
As millennials age and move into new
homes, we expect online sales of home
goods to increase.”
With the development of online
spending and competition from Amazon,
Walmart, and Target, one large business,
today’s market, a business must have an
avid online presence, and Riley’s Uniques
has been no exception.
When asked about how the online
forum helps Riley’s Uniques, Ousley
named some of the sources they use to sell
items, “eBay, Etsy, Craigslist, Facebook
marketplace.” With some online forums,
Ousley’s business benefits, “the reason
I see that online works is when I post
stuff on Craigslist, or on Facebook, I get
multiple questions about certain items.
Even though I have thousands of other

Off Virginia
the Dublin Volvo plant. Ousley decided to in particular, has recently announced it is items, they want to sit on their chair just
open his shop to help care for his 4-year- closing its doors. looking through what’s only online, and

Tech on a Wild
old daughter, considering it was difficult Toys R Us crumbled as consumers they don’t see beyond that, and actually
to find jobs that allowed him a flexible turned to the other large online sources coming in. So it’s important to have all

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schedule.
Over time, Ousley collected items that
would eventually end up for sale in his
store that include things like vintage pins
and buttons, unique artwork, and even
jewelry. Riley’s Uniques is located at 1224
East Main Street near the edge of the strip
contains a broad assortment of items, its
most prominent seller being furniture.
While things like furniture and
antiques can be bought in person, major
online realtor Wayfair has created some
to get their fix of games and toys, and
decided instead not to leave their homes
to get their hands on the latest and
greatest available gadgets. Though online
shopping was influential in the company’s
announcement, Toys R Us also faced that
they lacked in, “general upkeep and the
condition of our stores,” said CEO David
Brandon.
The store also filed for bankruptcy
after being $5 billion in debt in September
of 2017, according to CNN Money writer,
your items online if you can.”
When it comes to Riley’s Uniques,
the most significant thing that pulls in
revenue for the store is furniture. Co-
owner, Toby Bullion explained that some
of the best ways the store goes about
getting its merchandise are through yard
sales and estate sales.
The owners each have a different style,
“Each one of us brings in a new kind of
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Arts and Entertainment in Radford
Going out with a BFA Studio
B y V a n F au s t -S t e p h e n s o n
vfauststephenso@radford.edu
I
t is the end of the semester, and that means senior
graduation is right around the corner; however, this
does not say that these graduating seniors are not
leaving one last thing to have us remember them by.
Six of the graduating students in the Bachelor of
Fine Arts (B.F.A.) are currently showcasing their works
one last time at the Covington Center. These works are
all from different styles, inspirations, and mediums.
It is truly a culmination of nearly every type of show
the Arts program has put on in the past year.
Rachel Hawkins brings her style of Acrylic on Canvas
to the table in five different “stream of consciousness”
works. Her works are best described as landscapes of
black with colors streaking through, as seen from a top-
down perspective.
Hawkins claims she creates her works with no plans
beforehand, merely having them represent her current
state of mind. “The clusters of emotional response to
these experiences invite the viewer to explore both the
whole and the sum of the parts,” her artistic statement
reads.
The best way to describe her art is actually to
compare her pieces to one another.
For instance, Bewildered is a piece reminiscent of
the representation of outer space seen in TV and movies,
filled with eternal emptiness and, for some reason, sprays
of color with no natural source. Meanwhile, Unbalanced
is mostly black to its right side, yet the left is filled to the
brim with color; as well, the canvas is bumpier and less
smooth than the others.
More of Hawkins’ work can be found at
rachelhawkinsstudios.com or on her Instagram @
racheldaniellehawkins.
Cheyenne Taylor’s work, in the style of Oil on
Canvas, provides “... a sense of destruction and present
the inevitability of decay,” as her artist statement says.
Taylor’s work is based on the use of skulls, something
that I had noticed in her work from across the room. Why
use skulls though? “I use skulls as a symbol to represent
the annihilation of the Native American people…
because of my Cherokee lineage.”
One would think that reusing the motif of skulls
would get old and uninspired very quickly, but as her
work proves, this is not the case.
Swamp Remnants, the first piece of her work that I
noticed, depicts an array of skulls burning and possibly
even dissolving in gasoline, some of their features
missing.
Overcast shows what seems to be tortured souls,
some apparently still screaming, ascending toward the
heavens.
Moreover, All in a Row, to me at least, appears stylized
similarly to the art of Día de Muertos, or the Day of the
Dead, though simplified. The painting depicts eight
skulls looking around the canvas in various directions
while a ninth skull in the center is turned entirely away
from the viewer.
Taylor’s work can be found at cheyenetaylor.com.
Hayden King’s work brings to mind a more industrial
tone. King’s art focuses on strict and clear lines, curves,
and shapes, with few things being non-distinct or having
a sketch-like look. This style is conveyed through the
use of acrylic, graphite, and wood panel in all his works.
Despite the industrial feel, King’s artist statement
explains the works are reminiscent of childhood
creativity and escape. “I am and always have been a
builder.”
There is a strange recurring pattern in all of his
works: a rope pulling something up. For instance, in
his work No Girls Allowed, a bucket filled with arrows
is being pulled up by a rope connected to seemingly
nothing. The background is filled with half-finished
construction plans and outlines of what seems to be an
office building, helping the industrial tone.
“Taylor’s work is
based on the use of
skulls, something that
I had noticed in her
work from across the
room. Why use skulls
though? ‘I use skulls as a
symbol to represent the
annihilation of the Native
American people…
because of my Cherokee
lineage’.”
Meanwhile, with Volleyball Net, stray strands at
the end of a rope are tied to a crow’s beak, holding up
what seems to be an egg. It seems oddly morbid and
uncomfortable, as the crow is clearly in distress either
from the rope pulling at it or maybe trying to save the
egg. The lack of comfort continues in the background,
where the building, this scene takes place in front of,
seems to be falling.
King’s work can be found at hadenking.com.
Annie Dongoski’s photography is something to be
marveled. From the careful framing of her photos to the
choice of using film over digital to complement “the old,
worn down look of the buildings” she photographs, it is
obvious she puts thought and effort into every aspect of
her work.
Possibly the only thing more boring than watching
paint dry is watching paint peel, but Dongoski manages
to make even that interesting. Her work Cloud Street is
merely a photo of an empty door form an abandoned
building with its paint peeling off. It is all framed, lit,
and shot so perfectly; it makes you think of the beauty
of abandonment.
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A personal favorite of mine, Route 55 #2 also
showcases this beautiful abandonment. Vines that have
dragged down a road sign are now slowly advancing their
way up a wooden phone poll while a house to the side
is falling apart. If it were not for knowing that this was
taken from real life, it would seem like a scene from the
post-apocalypse.
More of Dongoski’s work can be found on her
Facebook and Instagram @anniedongoskiphotography.
I mistook Burke Staunton’s pieces for a small
butterfly collection in the middle of the art museum.
Instead, the section was Butterfly Brooches, an example
of Staunton’s nature-inspired jewelry. The piece is
surprisingly life-like, despite the fact that the color is
only painted on.
I do not usually wear hair accessories aside from a
hairband, but these look so good that I would try wearing
one if they were available for purchase.
Busy Bee is a small collection of a bee-shaped ring,
two bee-shaped earrings, and a large necklace with
honeycombs on it … and bees on those. Unfortunately,
the necklace would seem uncomfortable to wear, as
the centerpiece of it is large and seemingly heavy, the
necklace part of it being made of rustic chains and being
small by itself.
Though it would still be a beautiful decoration to
have around.
Moreover, then there is the Swallowtail Statement
Set which is an absolutely beautiful collection of jewelry
similar to the one above but based off of the Swallowtail
Butterfly instead of bees.
All three have a gem-like design meant to represent
a swallowtail’s wings that are simply and ingeniously
just photographs under glass. Also, then there is the
necklace, with three of these designs as its centerpiece
and the necklace itself being made of what seems to be
plastic, but also formed in the shape of a swallowtail’s
wings.
Finally, Carol Ann Lawrence brings her stoneworks
to the show; though her artistic statement claims they
are more sculptural than functional. As well, her works
are said to have masculine and feminine designs.
This can be seen in her work Penis Pot and Four Cute
Butt, which is only just a teapot with a somewhat phallic
design for its spout. The ‘Four Cute Butt’ mentioned
above are merely the cups the tea is supposed to go to.
Though, while the penis pot seems functional, the four
cute butts look a bit dented.
For the other sex, there is the Goddess Vase, a
porcelain vase that retains its structure until the top,
where it against three outer loops, slowly closing on
the center and possibly meant to represent a nipple.
Interestingly, the vase is used on Lawrence’s business
card.
More of Lawrence’s work can be found at
carolannstoneworks.com, her Facebook at Carol
Ann Stoneworks, and her Instagram @Carol_Ann_
Stoneworks.
All these works are obviously lovingly crafted, and
while they will not be showcased at Radford again, I
cannot wait to see where these artist’s future ventures
take them.
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Radford University and Salem High School’s Symphonic Band Concert
By Michael Aaron Coopersmith
mcoopersmith@radford.edu
T
he University’s Symphonic Band shared its
spotlight with Salem high school’s band. At the
beginning of the concert, the audience was met
with the Chamber Winds honor’s flute quintet and
Radford’s own Saxophone quartet to which they played
Arabesque I, sonatina, and little fugue in G minor. Thirty
minutes into the concert, they had changed into Salem’s
portion of the concert.
With their grand size, the audience would feel
surrounded by the eruption of music that came out of
them. Conducting them was John Wright, the director
of bands at Salem high school; who has conducted
Halfway There celebration, Bonnieroo Music Fest, and the beautiful Radford!
a symphonic band, two concert bands, jazz bands, a
percussion ensemble, indoor percussion, and Salem’s
marching band. His experience certainly does show
in what was produced during the concert, giving the
audience something to enjoy in a multitude of ways.
Salem High school played Exaltation, Iron and Ice,
King Cotton March, and Four (a remix of Beethoven).
Each tune carried the audience in such a way that would
satisfy any critic.
The other half of the concert included Radford
University’s Symphonic Band which was conducted
by three people; Dr. Wayne Gallops, Kathryn Elswick,
Lauren Milburn. Each conductor did a tremendous job
with leading the beautiful pieces; A sacred suite, Trail of
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tears, Night Dances, and Amparito Roca.
Each piece produced a wonderful atmosphere around
the audience to which one was enraptured in for the next
hour of the concert. Each member of the Symphonic
band reached their potential and beyond it, with the
discipline, they showed while playing.
At the end of the concert, John Wright leads a
combined band for the piece; Minimalist Dances. It
was an extravagant piece to end the concert. Each band
played with great power and one could see the prowess
of the conductors and band members with each note that
was produced by them.
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Kendrick Lamar wins a Pulitzer for ‘DAMN.’
By Jose Bermudez
jbermudezlenis@radford.edu 
O
n April 16, 30-year old American
rapper Kendrick Lamar made history
for being the first rapper to ever win
a Pulitzer in music for his 2017 hit-album
“DAMN,” as well as becoming the first non-
jazz or classical artist to collect that honor in
its 75 year existence, along with Bob Dylan,
who reached the award in 2008.
The Pulitzer Prize Board called his
album, “a virtuosic song collection unified
by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic
dynamism that offers affecting vignettes
capturing the complexity of modern African-
American life.”
Kendrick’s 55-minute album introduced
a raw and darker view of the life of African-
Americans in the U.S and the world. The
conceptual conflicts he dissects throughout
the album — pride vs. humility, love vs. lust,
fear vs. trust (mostly in God), individuality
vs. conformity, and, as Lamar explores in the
album’s conclusion, “me vs. me” — are easily
recognizable.
It’s easy for the black folks to relate to the
issues the album discussed about, in which
many African-Americans found a voice of
protest against police brutality and racial
stereotypes, as Kendrick expressed his pride
for his African ancestry, his faith issues, the
fear of returning to poverty and violence,
and his anger against racial inequality.
What makes “DAMN” Pulitzer-worthy
is the way in which Kendrick expressed the
The bombings in Syria
By Ola Elshaar
oelshaar@radford.edu  By striking Syria, Trump is provoking
N
ow I realize that Syrian
president Bashar al-Assad is capable
of doing anything to keep the
presidency throne. Now that he is protected
from Russia and Iran, he commits all kind of
crimes and violations to his people, but does
America have a say in that?
On April 14, America and its allies Britain
and France, gun fired some targets in Syria
that destroyed some important institutions,
as a reaction to the chemical weapons attack
that Assad and his regime used against
Syrian and killed thousands of people in the
city of Douma, according to the Economist.
Trump and his regime justified their
attack on Syria as a warning. By sending
cautions about specific crimes of which the
West oppose, the U.S. and its allies may
only be described more concretely which
other abominations Assad can get away
with. “Barrel bombs, which his army has
also repeatedly and infamously dumped
on civilian populations over the past seven
Quote of the week
“They always say time changes things, but
you actually have to change them yourself.”
- Andy Warhol
struggle among blacks in real-time, the
album’s profound verses, mixed-beats, and
its overall content may have similar social
impact as the words of Ida B. Wells or W.E.B
Du Bois, which makes “DAMN” an efficient
expression of journalism.
The board also chose to award a musician
working in a popular, essential language,
and not just any language, but hip-hop,
a genre that has been unapologetic if not
criticized about its own roots and social
impact. Politically incorrect genres are often
only retroactively acknowledged, usually
decades after their commercial and creative
boom. However, Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize
in an era in which rap music is as alive and as
pervasive as it has ever been.
According to The New Yorker, many
detractors came into scene, calling Lamar’s
achievement a “Marketing-biased award
glorifying pop culture,” causing the same
repercussions as when Bob Dylan won the
same prize in 2016, but in this case, for
literature, many critics expressed their
disagreement towards the board’s decision,
debating Dylan’s literature credentials,
as well as considering his award to be
Marketing-biased; just like Kendrick.
However, both artists have won and lost
many big awards. At the 1965 Grammys,
Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’”
was defeated, in the Best Folk Recording
category, by Gale Garnett’s “We’ll Sing in
the Sunshine,”; more recently, Lamar lost
the Grammy for Album of the Year to Bruno
years,” according to New York magazine.
Iran and Russia. In other words, he is inviting
them to a third world war.
Ironically, Trump is just contradicting
himself, and that is not only me saying that
his tweets back in 2013 were all about letting
the Arab league take care of Syria. So then
he wonders, why are those Arab countries
not paying the U.S for doing them a favor
in attacking the monster Assad.  “Why are
these rich Arab countries not paying us for
the tremendous cost of such an attack?”
Trump says in a tweet.
Trump was criticizing Obama’s
administration back in 2013, for interfering
in the Middle Eastern countries, calling
him “FOOLISH” in one of his tweets, and
warning that, war will gain nothing to
the U.S. but wasting tons of money and
worldwide conflict. “We should stay the
hell out of Syria; the “rebels” are just as
bad as the current regime.” Trump tweeted.
“WHAT WILL WE GET FOR OUR LIVES AND
$ BILLIONS? ZERO”
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Mars’s “24K Magic,” a more approachable
and infinitely less criticized piece of work.
What makes Lamar a Pulitzer-worthy
musician is the way he incorporates social
critique into a hip-hop album, which it is
believed to be the genre’s main objective,
however, for many music critics hip-hop is
a medium-tier genre that cannot compete
with the traditional Classical and Jazz artist
that have won the prize before.
But people seem to forget the times in
which Jazz was a newly-born genre coming
from Memphis, TN; Jazz, like hip-hop, was
once the trending genre among younger
audiences, as it presented a new content
and lyrics, often openly criticizing the social
struggles among African-Americans. Just
like “DAMN” did.
I think America will continue to fight in
Syria with the collaboration of other Arab
countries like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain,
and others against the Islamic state “Isis,”
to stop it from conquering the region. This
does not make any sense or give President
Trump any credibility, after opposing the
idea of entering Syria or any Middle Eastern
country in general.
So it seems like, the U.S. either wants
Syria under its control, or Trump is looking
forward to a war with Russia and Iran, or he
is worried about the United States receiving
more refugees who threaten its stability.
What is going on with Syria now is
exceptionally heartbreaking.
Assad has been killing thousands of
people, and it does not look like he is going
to give that up. If he remains in power, that
will affect Syrians even more losses.
I still don’t think bombing Syria is the
best solution; both sides are just murdering
people and destroying their futures. I do not
think America and its allies’ strikes have
made any difference for Syrians.
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Radford Holds Off Virginia Tech on a Wild Pitch Walk off
By Austin White
awhite26@radford.edu
T
he Radford baseball team defeated in-
state foe Virginia Tech to extend their
win streak to three games. With both
teams came into the game with very similar
records, the back and forth game proved how
equally matched they were.
The first batter junior pitcher Andrew
Nardi faced, he hit on his third pitch. The
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Matt Roth.
Highlanders immediately called a timeout,
and the entire infield met. After a brief
meeting, they forced two outs while Nardi
struck out the fourth batter in the lineup,
senior Sam Fragale, to end the top of the first
inning.
The Hokies started sophomore Dylan
Hall as their pitcher, and he struggled early.
After giving up a single to redshirt junior
Kyle Butler, he hit the next batter, redshirt
sophomore Colby Higgerson, to put two men
on base. The next batter junior Matt Roth
sent the second pitch Hall threw at him to
right field for a single to load the bases.
After three straight balls, Hall threw
a fourth to freshman Will Harless scoring
Butler to give the Highlanders the lead.
Sophomore Straton Podaras stepped up next
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character to the place,” Bullion said.
“Joe has a lot of jewelry, John is the master
of chalk paint and furniture, and I do a lot
of antique stuff. It’s kind of like a new wave
antique store.”
Retail during the last nine years has
steadily been improving when it comes to
e-commerce or online purchasing. In 2008,
and blasted a ball to center field that was
caught for a sacrifice fly as Higgerson scored
to make the score 2-0.
Virginia Tech entered the second inning
firing on all cylinders; junior Nick Menken
led it off with a double to right field. Redshirt
junior Nick Owens beamed a ball straight to
second basemen Butler, but he could not
make the play. With the ball going past him,
Menken scored Virginia Tech’s first run.
Senior right fielder Anthony Miano then
made two costly mistakes to end the inning.
Both Owens and junior Stevie Mangrum
scored because of Miano’s fielding errors.
Miano dropped two fly balls that helped give
the Hokies a 3-2 lead.
Substituting out Hall, for senior Joey
Sullivan, Virginia Tech wanted to keep the
Highlanders off the board. After letting one
batter on base and striking out two others,
Sullivan faced Butler. Butler cracks a pitch
toward the shortstop Owens who mishandles
the ball, scoring freshman Garrett Matheny.
With the game tied 3-3, neither team let
their foot off the gas. In the top of the third
inning, Menken continued to give Nardi fits,
regaining the lead for the Hokies by scoring
Fragale on a single right up the middle.
After two more pitching changes,
redshirt freshman Conner Yoder was sent
from the bullpen to face the Highlanders late
in the bottom of the fourth inning. Butler
continued his great game by singling to
shortstop to score Podaras and tie the game
back up.
Soon after, Yoder threw two wild pitches
back to back; both scoring runs for Radford.
Redshirt sophomore Mason Scoville scored
on the first wild pitch while sophomore
Carlin Cristian scored on the second giving
Radford a 6-4 lead heading into the top of
the fifth inning.
Next, Fragale did the same, doubling on
his first pitch which Horanski took advantage
and scored on making the game 6-5. The
Highlander then called another timeout,
and Nardi’s pitching day was over. Radford
switched to redshirt senior Kyle Palmer.
At the bottom of the sixth inning, Matheny
scored again, this time on a sacrifice bunt by
Christian giving the Highlanders a 7-5 lead.
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Soon after Roth scored both Christian and
Higgerson on a double, he sent into center
field extending the lead to 9-5.
Down by three runs, the Hokies
immediately responded. Fragale continued
his great performance by crushing a home
run past the right-field wall. Palmer was then
substituted out for freshman Cody Boone.
The teams went back and forth for the
rest of the game, with Scoville scoring on
a single by Christian at the bottom of the
seventh inning to make the game 10-6.
Redshirt junior Tom Stoffel responded with a
two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth
to make it a two-run game.
In the bottom of the eighth inning,
Owens made his second error of the game
trying to throw Roth out, but his throw was
wild and ended up scoring Roth. The game
now 11-8, the Hokies desperately tried to tie
or retake the lead before the game ended.
Radford substituted in redshirt sophomore
Brandon Donavan to close the game.
The first batter, Menken, Donavan struck
out after a full count. After giving another
full count to the next batter, Owens, this
time he walks him, putting him on first
base. Freshman Michael Fernandez beamed
a ball to right field for a single. With two
runners on, the next batter was Mangrum
who smashed a home run on the first pitch
Donavan gave him.
The whole stadium was in disbelief as
Virginia Tech tied the game 11-11 going into
the bottom of the ninth inning. However,
the Highlanders had not had trouble scoring
all game. After a full count, Matheny was
walked to lead off the inning. Next, Christian
advanced Matheny to second base on a
sacrifice bunt.
Butler, who was batting 4 for 4, beamed
a single to centerfield. After a brief timeout,
the Hokies decided to walk the very
dangerous Higgerson intentionally. With
the bases loaded and all the pressure on
sophomore pitcher Graham Seitz, he threw
a wild pitch to the left that Matheny took
full advantage of. He scored giving the game
to the Highlanders in the most miraculous
finish of the year.
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